William C. Rose Award lecture will focus on cytochrome P450
...closely ever since. Because of our common research interests I hear his presentations frequently at national and international meetings and read his outstanding and frequent publications. He is almost unmatched in his dedication to science, his insight into the mechanistic aspects of cytochrome P450, and his e...Faculty of 1000 Biology launch ecology faculty
...s biology. Users cancustomize the service to their interests and opt for regular updates byemail. Over 80% of the world's top institutions already subscribe....Scientists making advances receive international awards
...ished to honor Dr. Bruce F. Cain, whose scientific interests involved the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of potential anti-tumor drugs. Ferrara will present his lecture, "Targeting VEGF: From early discoveries to clinical reality," at 5:30 p.m., April 19, in Hall A of the Anaheim Conventi...Innovative collaboration brings Arctic science into the classroom
...uly, Dr. Holmes, an ecosystem scientist with broad interests in the responses and feedbacks of ecosystems to environmental and global change, will travel from Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to Canada and Alaska as part the PARTNERS program (Pan-Arctic River Transport of Nutrients, Organic Matter and Suspended Sedi...Experts on iron-sulfur proteins to meet in Madison, Wisconsin
... Professor of Biochemistry at the University whose interests and contributions spanned many areas of nutrition and biochemistry. He patented the irradiation process for producing vitamin D and conceived the idea of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, a nonprofit foundation which invests the proceeds from...Winners of AIBS Media Awards announced
...onservation and Research Center where his research interests involve assisted reproduction in mammals, and conservation studies education reform....Society of Nuclear Medicine announces recipient of Mark Tetalman Award
... science from the University of Texas, Austin. His interests include the design and evaluation of new compensation methods for physical factors affecting image quality in SPECT and PET for estimation and detection tasks; optimization of acquisition and processing techniques for lesion detection in whole-body o...Can our genes tell the story of our divergence?
...e, for example, that there is a battle between the interests of sperm cells (favoring genetic changes that increase cell number and decrease cell death), and the need for the organism to avoid cancer. Future studies will have to determine whether these explanations - of an evolutionary arms race - prove pla...Researcher gets NSF grant to create mutant maize lines
...to the community, researchers with a wide range of interests and goals will have access to genetically unique seeds. For instance, researchers could use these lines to identify genes that make starch that is easier for enzymes to digest. Since ethanol is produced from maize starch, such a refinement could lead...U.N. mulls the protection of Earth's forests
...gy. Forests need to be integrated into these other interests and solutions." Another obstacle to an international arrangement on forests is the nature of the resource. Air and water flow across international borders. Barring the occasional hurricane or tornado, trees tend to stay put. "It's partly a matter of ...Clarke Prize for water science and technology to Yale's Elimelech
...d abroad. Some of its critical research topics and interests in the world of water include ultraviolet disinfection, membranes, salinity management and desalination, riverbank filtration and education. Elimelech, the Roberto C. Goizueta Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, is a specialist in th...UCI awarded $40 million to establish regional biodefense and infectious disease research center
...t and infectious diseases specialist with research interests in the causes and molecular biology of infections spread by ticks and insects. In 1982, he gained international recognition as a co-discoverer of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. He later identified the protein that became an approved vaccine ...Logging changed ecological balance for monkeys, damaged health
...ograms, laboratories and individuals whose current interests focus on the interface between emerging infectious diseases, anthropogenic environmental change and conservation. The researchers have monitored the three species, gathering data immediately after logging, 12 years later and again 28 years after the ...Allergies affect 15 million people in UK, says Professor
...ssionals, introducing regional GPs with specialist interests in allergy and developing a national centre of excellence for research and clinical care. Aziz Sheikh is Professor of Primary Care Research & Development in the GP Section of the Division of Community Health Sciences. He read physiology and medicin...Steven M. Larson named recipient of SNM's 2005 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
...lishments and honors," he added. Larson's clinical interests focus on the use of PET for diagnostic and molecular imaging; he also cares for and manages patients who receive radiotargeted therapy, particularly for thyroid cancer. His research in the detection of colorectal cancer has been successfully applied ...SNM member David James Brooks receives 2005 Kuhl-Lassen Award for research in brain imaging
... senior clinical scientist, Brooks's main research interests are functional imaging (both PET and functional MRI) and movement disorders. Over the past years, he and his research team have used functional imaging to investigate functional anatomy underlying motor tasks, the effects of pharmacological manipulat...Michael R. Zalutsky named recipient of Society of Nuclear Medicine's 2005 Berson-Yalow Award
...rch in targeted radiotherapy. His primary research interests are the development of molecularly targeted radiodiagnostics and radiotherapeutics for oncologic applications. A long-term focus of his laboratory has been on the development of targeted radiopharmaceuticals labeled with the alpha-particle emitting r......iences in Leipzig since 2003. His current research interests include phylogenetic combinatorics, molecular evolution and the use of topological methods in proteomics and computational chemistry. Prof. Li Jin (born in 1963) studied genetics at Fudan University in Shanghai, obtained his doctorate in biomedical s...Divergent mating systems and parental conflict as a barrier to hybridization in flowering plants
... individual. From the former perspective, parental interests are unified (both wish to produce vigorous offspring), while the latter suggests possible conflict. This conflict can occur before or after fertilization. Before fertilization, the mother has an interest in picking the best suited father from a large......ce food and for the significant commercial fishing interests of the region," said Charles W. Powers, principal investigator for the consortium. He noted that expedition scientists sampled and analyzed for radionuclides many types of biota in the seas at Amchitka and a reference site, nearby Kiska: "Rutgers' ...